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The Whiskey Dregs blogs about Zombiecon: Blue skies, white swollen clouds drifted endlessly to the west and beneath this glorious pastiche of normalcy, a horde gathered at Kennedy’s to enact a day long tribute to that great genre of horror, … Continue reading
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Gammablog, a multi-year Zombiecon participant and friend, has a great post up with photos and video of this year’s shenanigans.
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Zombies roamed the city once again during the annual Zombiecon…and we tagged along. Our route: a zombie brunch at Kennedy’s, then down Broadway to 46th, past the Church of Scientology, back to Times Square for a beer break at O’Lunney’s … Continue reading
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Brooklyn Vegan has a nice photo gallery up of this weekend’s zombie romp here! See more here.
Dear fabulous Undead, thank you for your decayed, disgusting shambling participation yesterday is the biggest Zombiecon yet!
Check out human friend Stefan’s video recap of the madness here.
More thoughts and Halloween recommendations soon.
As many of you zombies know, this year our theme is brainless politics and zombie protest. This weekend we encourage you to interpret creatively, in that any way you want. We especially hope that you’ll make and bring some zombie protest signs for something big we have planned….. to get you started, here are some slogan ideas for your sign…feel free to add more in the comments!
“Eat the Poor”
“Repeal the Death Tax!”
“The Socialist Obama Nation is no place to live”
“Blood For Oil!”
“Yes I once dabbled in Witchcraft, but I am still a viable candidate” -Christine O’Donnell
“Yes We Can EAT YOUR BRAINS”
“Necrophilia is a Lifestyle Choice!”
“Death Panel of One”
“I’ll give you my gun when you take it from my *cold*, *dead hands*!” -Charlton Heston
“In Brains We Trust”
“Die Free or Live!”
“Drill Baby Drill: A hole in your head”
“Just because I look like an Abortion doesn’t mean I support them”
“End World Hunger – Eat Babies”
“Read my Rotting Skull: No New Taxes”
“You think these burns look bad? You should see my Koran”
“Socialism is for the living”
“These Colors Don’t Ooze”
“Die now and avoid the Death Tax.”
“Thank God I am a Zombie”
“Give me Brains or Give me Death”
“Pro-Zombie, Pro-Life”
“This Mamma Grizzly gonna eat your brains”
“The Obama Nation Is an Abomination, now prepare for Zombification”
“Gay Marriage is unnatural”
“My Momma voted for Obama, so I ate her brains”
“Lazarus, come out! The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with
strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.”
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” -John
11:43-44.
Thanks to our human friends at Flavorpill and TONY for the great writeups and welcome to all the new zombies!
To RSVP for ZOMBIECON, the daytime landmark-hopping booze-fueled crawl, please SIGN UP by entering your email at the top right of this page. Please also sign up for our text message list in the right hand sidebar of this page to make sure you get all the updates telling you where we’ll be throughout the day! You can also help us spread the word by sharing the ZOMBIECON Facebook event page!
To get up to speed, click here to find all the latest info about the ZOMBIE BAWL, the official ZOMBIECON afterparty at Le Poisson Rouge. Here is the Facebook event page for the ZOMBIE BAWL!
Zombies outside the Plaza, 2007 [photo by Ian]
On Saturday, October 16th, in downtown NYC, the undead converge for an evening of dancing, demented performances, gurgled word and open mike. Featuring bloody burlesque, creative drink & food specials and some of the most bizarre shit you will ever see. Enter the ring of dismemberment at your own peril.
The after-party for an all day bar crawl and absurdist street protest, come as a zombie preacher, pandering politician or conscious-less media exec. Unplug grandmother, bloody your teabag and let loose the terror babies… Or just cover yourself in blood and drink profusely.
Zombiecon daytime crawl –
2pm-7pm with more info on Facebook
Zombie Bawl
7pm til the last body falls (7-2am+)
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleeker Street, between Thompson & Sullivan
$10 Presale
$15 Zombie at the door / $20 Humans at the door
Drink & food specials all night
21+
NYC’s largest zombie crawl takes Manhattan once again for an all day zombie rampage beginning at 2pm (make sure to RSVP for the secret starting location) and landing at Le Poisson Rouge at 7PM-ish for a night of dinner, dancing, bizarre behavior and braaaiiiinnnssss.
Penthouse Pet RYAN KEELY [www.RyanKeely.com] will treat us to a brand new horrifying sexy zombie burlesque performance!
Mindtripping horror visuals by DY3KT [www.dy3kt.com] and !NCLUDE [www.warperparty.com]
A special performance of THRILLER by THRILL THE WORLD
DJ’s spinning electrohouse, funk and rock including BORIS BLEEDING ELF and TIM THE ENCHANTER (as Jersey Shore Zombie Pauly D)
Get your Zombie Mugshot taken by Logan Grendel [www.infiniteideaimages.com]
MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED SOON! DOWNLOAD THE POSTER [PDF] / SPREAD THE WORD!
Great news!! We’re very proud and pleased announce our location for the first annual ZOMBIE BAWL, the official ZOMBIECON NYC afterparty!
The party will get started at LE POISSON ROUGE, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC, at 7 pm and go all night long. Here’s the LPR event page.
Join us after the Con for dinner, dancing, demented performances and braaaiiiinnnssss. DJ’s spinning house, campy funk and danceable rock, zombie burlesque, open mic and assorted bloodsports. Themed Red, White & Gangrene, the 6th annual Zombiecon makes a statement about the state of the nation and our impending doom. Win big prizes in our costume contest for goriest zombie and best interpretation of this year’s demented/political theme.
$10 in advance, $15 for zombies at the door, $20 for humans at the door. We’re warning you, humans in t-shirts and jeans or otherwise mundane attire may be eaten and/or covered in blood. Get your advance Zombie Bawl tickets here!
